CORRECTION: This article has been updated to correct the host of the event and that no RSVP is required.

Delmarva's three governors will speak at Salisbury University in February for a question-and-answer event that organizers say aims to promote bipartisanship.

Govs. Larry Hogan, R-Md., John Carney, D-Del., and Ralph Northam, D-Va., will speak together at the Feb. 11 event, which is hosted by the Greater Salisbury Committee.

"Not by any stretch is it a strictly issues conversation," said Greater Salisbury Committee President Mike Dunn. "It's designed to be casual and informative."

Hogan won his second term in November, while Carney and Northam are both in their first terms.

The event is in its third year, but A Conversation with the Governors of Delmarva is the first time it will feature all three Delmarva governors.

"Nobody can recall this happening before," Dunn said, referring to all three governors meeting at such an event in the Salisbury area. "We think this is a first."

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Delaware Gov. John Carney attends the Return Day candidate reception at Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown on Nov. 8, 2018.(Photo: Staff photo by Sarah Gamard)

The 2017 event featured Hogan and Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat. U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., spoke at last year's event at Salisbury University — something its organizers said at the time was also unprecedented for the area.

"There will be as many nonpolicy questions as there will be policy questions," Dunn said, adding that the conversation will "not so much be based on the politics of the day."

Questions could touch on topics such as agriculture, tourism, Dover Air Force Base and NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Dunn said. Organizers also hope the event could be a way to get to know each state's top executive. The audience will not ask questions.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan shakes hands as he leaves a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 78, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. Hogan earned a second term Tuesday after defeating Democratic opponent Ben Jealous.(Photo: Patrick Semansky, AP)

The event is free and open to the public. Organizers say the auditorium holds about 700 seats, and a secondary area may be used if there is overflow.